National book festival Live Saturday september 26 on booktv. And welcome to another summer evening with booktv is binge watch series. Tonight were focusing on books written by former first ladies. The first first lady to venture into publishing was nellie tapp who recalled her time in the white house in her 1914 memoir, recollections in four years. Since then another for slaves have published memoirs. We will focus tonight on five women with serve in a position in the last few years. First up, Rosalynn Carter, she served as first lady from 19771981 and shes the author of five books. In 1984 for bestselling memoir, first lady from planes, was released. Her subsequent books have focused on caregiving and Mental Health care. A subject chess champion throughout her life. From 2010, here is Rosalynn Carter talking about her book within our reach. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you. Im really pleased to be a tonight and really pleased to see so many people in interested in my book. Iv
Pivotal point in the president s work to ensure there are more smart, conservative jurists in the federal judiciary. Under the leadership of President Trump and leader mcconnell, the senate has prioritized confirming bright, wellqualified men and women who will serve our country for years to come. Im proud to support judge cory wilson and urge my colleagues to approve his nomination. Thank you, and i yield the floor. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the madam president. The presiding officer the senator from minnesota. Ms. Klobuchar i ask unanimous consent that the rules Committee Madam president. The presiding officer the senator from minnesota. Ms. Klobuchar we got ahead of ourselves here. Im going to begin. Madam president , i come to the floor today to urge the senate to address the threat the coronavirus poses to our elections and to take immediate action to pass my legislation to ensure voters do not have to choose between their right to vote and their own health. T
Good evening. It is a pleasurepl to welcome you here tonight please silence your cellphone no recording more photos allowed during the program. But cspan is here tonight so brush your hair you could be on tv. [laughter] sally quinn founder of the religious websites on a for the washingtonn post did has authored several books including the top party and happy endings. She is it in conversation with two good friends or also authors, elsa walsh the private and public struggles of three women and a staff writer at the new yorker in for the Washington Post for shee was a finalist for the of Pulitzer Prize for chrome associate editor of the Washington Post, bob woodard has worked there since a 19,711th 1973 with the97 coverage of watergate with Carl Bernstein hesse of coverage o for the 9 11 terrorist attack. He has authored or coauthored 18 books with the most recent is the last of the president s men. Please join me with a warm welcome sally quinn, bob woodard, elsa walsh. [applause] i get
Member of the Roosevelt Library and become a member of the information table just outside the door. At this time i would like to ask you to turn off your cell phones and thank cspan for covering this today and quickly go over the format for this session. We will start with our speaker in just a moment. Then i will follow that up if you have questions make your way over to the microphone so we are able to pick up the question in the author will move down the hall to the table outside of our new deals bookstore where you can purchase the book and have the author signed them. 2012 is an adjunct member of the Arizona State university and his fields of study include Public Policy, political history, latin america, u. S. mexico border land and sanford, arizona, i want to introduce patrick lukens. [applause] thank you. I want to thank bob clark and the rest of the staff and the president ial library to be one of todays presenters. And preparing this presentation and Headline News over the pas
The his strength in compassion in courage shine through any perceived shortcomings from this large portrait. The book has drawn praise from far and wide from john mecham in secretary of state kissinger. The New York Times book review praised in this fashion greenback to life the young president who for a brief moment is still the hope for the future for a angry and fearful americans. What we will never know is what might have been, no one can say. New nixon, no watergate, vietnam . No one knows. But i do know that from the crushing pain that followed his brothers death he merged a wiser and more compassionate man and. As president coming he waited mitt his mistakes war would be the last resort. We would talk to our adversaries and listen to them. Nuclear weapons would be in new major and urgent focus. He would fight the corrupting than challenge the greedy and most of all remember the for gotten. Those in the hollows across the land and better yet they would see that and that is what m